Age When Pregnancy is High Risk

It's still too early, we're going to look for economic stability, and I don't have a fixed contract... those are some of the reasons why women are delaying their motherhood more and more. Specifically, in America, motherhood reaches the age of 30-32 for the first time, according to statistics and some media.

According to gynecologists, the most fertile age is between 20 and 30 years, being from 35 when fertility begins to decline sharply and at 40 there are hardly any quality eggs, do you know the risks of being a mother at that age?

Specifically, researchers from the University of St. Andrews confirm that after the age of 35, a woman's ovarian reserve is almost 10% of the total. And at 40 years old, the woman barely has quality eggs without reproductive and/or chromosomal failures, her ovarian reserve being 3%.

What does the World Health Organization say?

This organization indicates that maternal age greater than or equal to 35 years old is considered a medium risk factor and the safest age to conceive is between 20 and 24 years.

Risks in pregnancy after 40

- A higher rate of abortions: Women under 35 years of age have a 15% chance of having a miscarriage, while in women between 35 and 45 the chances are between 20 and 35%. Once this age is exceeded, the risk increases to 50%. As we get older, the chromosomal abnormalities that the embryo may have also grow.